BCIT’s nursing program has apparently kept its fingers crossed for eight years, hoping the birthing simulations its students practised on mannequins would translate into real-life – even though all the dummies they practised on were males wearing wigs.
Playing fast and loose with human anatomy will soon be a thing of the past, however, thanks to a BCIT fundraising campaign launched this year for a $115,000 state-of-the-art female mannequin, fully equipped with deliverable placenta, a two-litre fluid tank to simulate post-partum bleeding, a baby that cries when its born and so much more.
